Built to break: Why One Nation’s coalition won’t survive power

By Clare Heath-McIvor

Polls rise and fall, but with the Victorian election only weeks away no savvy politician is taking their seat for granted. The surge may deliver spectacularly and create a Frankenstein’s monster in a Liberal–One Nation arrangement, a possibility Liberal leader Jess Wilson has refused to rule out. Or it may fizzle into a handful of seats, which would still be unprecedented in Australia.

Either way, the result that matters won’t come on election night. It will come in the months after, when Hanson’s coalition has to start making choices.

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